International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
January 30, 2021
K. Pheh, K. Tan, Normala Ibrahim et al.
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), a common neurodevelopmental disorder, often persists into adulthood. In Malaysia, the prevalence rate of hyperactivity symptoms is highest among Chinese Malaysians. There are limited evidence-based treatment options targeting the core symptoms of ADHD, as well as executive functioning. In addition, conventional psychotherapeutic approaches for...
arXiv Preprint Archive
January 29, 2021
Daniela Calvetti, B. Johnson, Annalisa Pascarella et al.
preprint
Meditation practices have been claimed to have a positive effect on the regulation of mood and emotion for quite some time by practitioners, and in recent times there has been a sustained effort to provide a more precise description of the changes induced by meditation on human brain. Longitudinal studies have reported morphological changes in cortical thickness and volume in selected brain...
AIDS and behavior
January 28, 2021
Deanna Kerrigan, Tahilin Sanchez Karver, Clare Barrington et al.
We examined the relationship between mindfulness, mental health and HIV outcomes among female sex workers (FSW) from the Dominican Republic (DR) (n = 201) and Tanzania (n = 208) using cross-sectional survey and biologic data. We employed stratified multivariate linear and logistic regression. Depression was associated with lower odds of ART adherence in the DR (AOR 0.25, 95% CI: 0.08-0.78) and...
Frontiers in Psychology
January 28, 2021
Dylan Thomas Lott, Tenzin Yeshi, N. Norchung et al.
18 citations
Recent EEG studies on the early postmortem interval that suggest the persistence of electrophysiological coherence and connectivity in the brain of animals and humans reinforce the need for further investigation of the relationship between the brain’s activity and the dying process. Neuroscience is now in a position to empirically evaluate the extended process of dying and, more specifically,...
Psikologia: Jurnal Pemikiran dan Penelitian Psikologi
January 25, 2021
Rahma Yurliani, Elvi Andriani Yusuf, Dina Nazriani
This study examines the relationship between mindfulness and death anxiety among elderly people. The study was conducted at a nursing home involving 150 elderly people. The results showed that mindful elderly people were less likely to experience death anxiety. We discussed the importance of mindfulness to enhance the quality of life of aging people. Penelitian ini mengkaji hubungan antara...
International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health
January 22, 2021
Jacek Chmielewski, Kacper Łoś, Włodzimierz Łuczyński
Healthcare professionals are exposed not only to the ubiquitous stress, but also to the culture of perfectionism. Therefore, they need tools to achieve a balance between work and rest in order to effectively help their patients. The study objective is a review of the literature on the implementation of mindfulness in healthcare professionals and medical students. The authors searched the...
Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice and Policy
January 21, 2021
Lorig K Kachadourian, Ilan Harpaz-Rotem, Jack Tsai et al.
Objective: Exposure to traumatic life events is associated with increased risk of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other mental health problems such as suicidal ideation (SI), alcohol use disorder (AUD), and decreased quality of life (QOL). Mindfulness, which involves attending to the present moment, may help individuals cope with traumatic events by increasing acceptance of...
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
January 21, 2021
Antonio L Crego, J. R. Yela, M. Gómez-Martínez et al.
Mindfulness is connected to positive outcomes related to mental health and well-being. However, the psychological mechanisms that account for these relationships are largely unknown. A multiple-step multiple mediator structural equation modeling (SEM) model was tested with mindfulness as the independent variable; purpose in life and behavioral activation as serial mediators; and happiness,...
Frontiers in Neuroscience
January 21, 2021
Xiyuan Jiang, Emily Lopez, James Stieger et al.
Sensorimotor rhythm (SMR)-based brain–computer interfaces (BCIs) provide an alternative pathway for users to perform motor control using motor imagery. Despite the non-invasiveness, ease of use, and low cost, this kind of BCI has limitations due to long training times and BCI inefficiency—that is, the SMR BCI control paradigm may not work well on a subpopulation of users. Meditation is a mental...
Mindfulness
January 18, 2021
T. Sweeney, Richard Morriss, Elena Nixon et al.
Mindfulness has been increasingly incorporated into modern psychotherapies and healthcare services. The importance of psychometrically quantifying the construct of mindfulness has become paramount. One of the most reliable and valid instruments for the assessment of different aspects of dispositional mindfulness is the Five Facets Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ). However, the psychometric...